TISC, the Open Time and Space Core Vocabulary, is a lightweight spatiotemporal vocabulary aiming to provide spatial and temporal terms such as "happensAt", "locatedAt", "rightOf" to enable practitioners to relate their data to time and space. The Open Time and Space Core Vocabulary is based on research about spatial and temporal properties.
Jim Jones
begin
This predicate can be used to express a begin of a time period.
end
This predicate can be used to express an end of a time period.
fuzzybegin
This predicate can be used to express a fuzzybegin of an imprecise time period.
fuzzyend
This predicate can be used to express a fuzzyend of an imprecise time period.
address
address is an abstract property to express that an object has some address.
along
along is an abstract property to express that an object is along another, for example "a group of houses along by the river".
areasize
areasize is an abstract property to express the size of the area of an object.
atFrontOf
atFrontOf is an abstract property to express that an object is at front of another.
behind
behind is an abstract property to express that an object is behind another.
disconnected
disconnected is an abstract property to express that an object is disconnected from another.
eastOf
eastOf is an abstract property to express that an object is East of another.
equal
equal is an abstract property to express that an object is equal with another.
existenceBeginsAt
existenceBeginsAt is an abstract property to express that the existence of an object begins at a given time instant.
existenceEndsAt
existenceEndsAt is an abstract property to express that the existence of an object ends at a given time instant.
externallyConnected
externallyConnected is an abstract property to express that an object is externally connected with another.
far
far is an abstract property to express that an object is far from another.
forecastMadeAt
forecastMadeAt is an abstract property to express that an object is forecast made at certain time.
geometry
geometry is an abstract property to express that an object has certain geometry.
happensAt
happensAt is a predicate to state when something happens (for example an event such as a concert).
hasCentroid
hasCentroid is an abstract property to express the location of the centroid of an area feature.
hasHeight
hasHeight is an abstract property to express that an object has certain height.
hasLength
hasLength is an abstract property to express that an object has certain length.
hasUnionOf
hasUnionOf is an abstract property to express which union an object (or region) belongs to.
hasWidth
hasWidth is an abstract property to express that an object has certain width.
here
here is an abstract property to express that an object is at the same place as another.
inFutureOf
inFutureOf is an abstract property to express that an object is in future of another.
inPastOf
inPastOf is an abstract property to express that an object is in past of another.
insideOf
insideOf is an abstract property to express that an object is inside of another.
isForecastFor
isForecastFor is an abstract property to express that an object is a forecast for a certain time.
locatedAt
locatedAt is an abstract property to express that an object is located at somewhere.
near
near is an abstract property to express that an object is near to another.
nearest
nearest is an abstract property to express that an object is nearest to another.
next
next is an abstract property to express that an object is a next object in the order, for example to state the logical ordering of metro stations or bus stops, i.e. like in "next metro station from Victoria is Sloane Square". However, as such next is ambiguous as also "next metro station from Victoria is St James's Park" would be valid. This can be solved by e.g. having two instances of Victoria station for each direction, or using some similar type of mechanism. Note also that next is different from nextTo.
nextTo
nextTo is an abstract property to express that an object is next to another.
nonTangentialProperPart
nonTangentialProperPart is an abstract property to express that an object is non tangential proper part of another.
northEastOf
northEastOf is an abstract property to express that an object is Northeast of another.
northOf
northOf is an abstract property to express that an object is North of another.
northWestOf
northWestOf is an abstract property to express that an object is Northwest of another.
outsideOf
outsideOf is an abstract property to express that an object is outside of another.
partialOverlapArea
partialOverlapArea is an abstract property to express the overlaping area of two things in a PartialOverlap. The area units can be stated with partialOverlapUnit.
partialOverlapFrom
partialOverlapFrom is an abstract property to express the first object that takes part in a PartialOverlap.
partialOverlapRatio
partialOverlapRatio is an abstract property to express the ratio of dividing the partialOverlapArea by the area of the object pointed by partialOverlapFrom.
partialOverlapTo
partialOverlapTo is an abstract property to express the second object that takes part in a PartialOverlap.
partialOverlapUnit
partialOverlapUnit is an abstract property to express the units of partialOverlapArea of two things in a PartialOverlap.
partiallyOverlapping
partiallyOverlapping is an abstract property to express that an object is partially overlapping with another.
sharesPathWith
sharesPathWith is an abstract property to express that an object shares a path with another.
sizeOfLandArea
sizeOfLandArea is an abstract property to express the size of the land area of a region.
southEastOf
southEastOf is an abstract property to express that an object is Southeast of another.
southOf
southOf is an abstract property to express that an object is South of another.
southWestOf
southWestOf is an abstract property to express that an object is Southwest of another.
tangentialProperPart
tangentialProperPart is an abstract property to express that an object is tangential proper part of another.
touches
touches is an abstract property to express that a region touches another region.
unionOf
unionOf is an abstract property to express which union a spatiotemporal region forms.
westOf
westOf is an abstract property to express that an object is West of another.
Open Time and Space Core Vocabulary namespace
Tomi Kauppinen
Document that defines the core ontology of the Open Time and Space Core Vocabulary
This documents specifies the classes and properties introduced by the TISC core vocabulary.
Open Time and Space Core Vocabulary Specification
leftOf
leftOf is an abstract property to express that an object is to the left from another.
rightOf
rightOf is an abstract property to express that an object is to the right from another.
Object
Object is (some)thing located in space and time.
PartialOverlap
PartialOverlap is a class which allows instantiating characteristics of a partial overlap.